1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458272103321

Autore

Holmes Frederic Lawrence

Titolo

Hans Krebs . Volume I The formation of a scientific life, 1900-1933 [[electronic resource] /] / Frederic Lawrence Holmes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991

ISBN

1-280-60572-3

9786610605729

0-19-536128-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (512 p.)

Collana

Monographs on the history and philosophy of biology

Disciplina

574.192092B

Soggetti

Biochemists - Germany

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. Intermediary Metabolism in the First Third of the Twentieth Century; 2. Boyhood in Hildesheim; 3. Outward Movement; 4. Clinical Years; 5. The Research Apprentice; 6. Initiative and Dependence; 7. Moves Toward Autonomy; 8. Freiburg: The Foundation of a Career; 9. The Ornithine Effect; 10. The Formation of Urea; 11. The Rewards of Success; 12. The Brief Life of a School of Intermediary Metabolism; 13. Reflections on the Formation of a Scientific Life; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

The biography of one of the world's foremost biochemists, which traces his scientific career and his discoveries of the urea cycle and the citric acid cycle. The text makes use of five years of interviews with Hans Krebs, and a complete set of Krebs' key laboratory notebooks.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784503403321

Autore

Sawyer John F. A

Titolo

Sacred languages and sacred texts [[electronic resource] /] / John F.A. Sawyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999

ISBN

1-134-80139-4

0-203-29090-9

1-280-10480-5

0-203-04775-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

Religion in the first Christian centuries

Disciplina

291.8/2

Soggetti

Language and languages - Religious aspects - History

Sacred books - History and criticism

Rome Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-182) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; SACRED LANGUAGES AND SACRED TEXTS; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE LANGUAGE SITUATION; 3 SACRED LANGUAGES; 4 LITERACY; 5 CANONIZATION; 6 TRANSLATION; 7 BELIEFS AND CONTROLS; 8 NAMES AND NUMBERS; 9 STYLES AND STRATEGIES; 10 INTERPRETATION; 11 CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

By considering the status of Hebrew in Judaism alongside that of Greek in Rome Sacred Languages and Sacred Texts sheds new light on the role of the power of words, spoken and written, in religion.